At a press briefing on the coronavirus epidemic, Donald Trump described in oblique terms a military operation that rescued an unidentified American woman from an unnamed country where she was being treated “horribly”.Mr Trump first recounted how the US was “working very hard, long” with the Peruvian and Honduran governments to bring home Americans who have “gotten caught up”. He then alluded to the hitherto unknown rescue mission, apparently overseen by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Max Milley.